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CHEOK REIN HOLDER. N0.333,031. Patented Dec; 22, 18 85;

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UNITED STATES PATENT EErcE.

WILLIAM D. TABER, ROGKVILLE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO HIM- SELF, GLARKA. TABER, OF SAME PLACE, AND JOHN COREY, OF

HOPE VALLEY, BHODE ISLAND.

CHECK-REIN HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 333,031, dated December22, 1885.

Application filed June 25, 1895. Serial No. 169,738. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM D. TABER, of Rockville, in the county ofWashington and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and ImprovedCheck-Rein Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to that class of devices that are attached toharness-saddles, and are employed to hold and retain the check-reins, bymeans of which horses. heads are held to a certain elevation; and theobject of my invention is to provide a holder by which the check-reincan be quickly adjusted to a proper length.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings,formingapart of thisspecification,in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a side view of my improved check-rein holder, being shownpartly in section on line a: m of Fig. 2; and Fig. 2 is a rear view ofthe holder.

Instead of the usual hook that is centrally secured to the saddle, Iemploy a rectangular metallic-frame, as A, which is secured to thesaddle in the ordinary manner by means of a bolt, as a, which isthreaded to engage with a nut, as b. A cam-faced clamping-tongue, B, isloosely mounted on a bolt or rod, as a, that is passed transverselythrough the upper part of the frame A, said tongue being arranged toclosely approach the lower interior surface, d, of the frame A. Thesurface d is slightly beveled, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, its higherside being toward the front of the holder. The cam-face e of the tongueB is corrugated and formed so that the rear edge of the camface is thepoint farthest removed from the center of motion of the tongue, andconsequently the point nearest the beveled surface d of the frame A. Oneside of the upper portion of the tongue B is cut away, in order that aspiral spring, as f, may be coiled about a sleeve, as z, that is carriedby the bolt 0, upon which, as before stated, the tongue B is looselymounted. One end of the spring f 'bears against the upper face of theopening formed in the frame A, while the other end is bent out at rightangles, so as to be about parallel with the bolt 0, and bears againstthe rear of the tongue B, the tendency of the spring being to throw thetongue over in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 1 until thetongue abuts against the stop or limit pin 0.

In connection with the apparatus first described I employ a strap towhich a snaphook, as D, is attached by meansof a strip, 9, made ofrawhide or other suitable strong but thin material. The main body of thestrap 0 is much thicker than the rawhide g, and is also thicker than thefree end of the strap shown at h.

The operation of the holder is as follows: The hook D having beensecured to the checkrein and the end h of the strap Ohaving been passedthrough the space intervening between the cam-face e of tongueB and thebeveled surface 01 of the frame A is pulled to the rear until the thickportion 70 of the strap 0 is brought above the surface at. As soon asthe thick portion It comes over the surface d, the upper side of thestrap will strike against the corrugated cam-face e, and the tongue Bwill be carried to the rear, when, if the pressure used in pulling thestrap 0 is relaxed, the spring f will act to slightly force the camface6 up on the upper side of the strap, and any pull upon the hook D willonly tend to tighten the grip of the tongue upon the strap. If it isdesired to relax the strap, it is first pulled through until the rawhideg is beneath the tongue B, when the spring f will immediately carry thetongue forward until it abuts against the pin 0, and when the tongue isin this position the strap 0 can easily be pulled forward until the thinportion h is beneath the tongue.

Such a holder as I have described is simple in construction, durable,and can be quickly adjusted so as to hold the horses head to the desiredelevation.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Batent- 1. The combination, with a strap, as G, of aframe, as A, carrying a tongue, as B, formed with a cam-face, e, aspring, asf, and a pin, as 0, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a frame, as A. formed with a beveled surface,as d, of a camfaced tongue, B, that is borne upon by a spring, f,substantially as described.

3. The combination, with aholder, substantial] y as described, of astrapcarrying a hook, as D, connected to the main body is by a strip,

IO as g, substantially as described.

4. The combination, with a holder, substantially as described, of astrapconsisting of the portions 9, 7c, and h, and carrying a hook, as

